Great, feel-good gift idea!

Is it just me or do the holidays come faster and faster every year? I could have sworn I was just eating a hot dog and singing God Bless America. I'm still wearing flip flops for crying out loud, how the heck is it December?! While I'm someone who adores the holidays (Nick and I are buying our Christmas tree this weekend and the thought of putting on my Charlie Brown Christmas CD and decking the halls makes me positively giddy), I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all this year. Probably because my expectations are unrealistically high (surprise, surprise). I swore this was going to be the Christmas that I got my shopping done early, bought gifts with real meaning, didn't spend gobs of money and actually mailed my cards before 2007. But here it is, the first day of December and I haven't even put away my summer clothes yet. Fortunately, I do know one thing I'm going to be getting for a lot of people on my list and I wanted to share that with all of you: adorable, personalized, hand-made frame ornaments.

They're from a North Carolina-based company called Feel Good Frames, which was started in 2002 by Shelley Roupas, an incredible woman who I've had the pleasure of getting to meet (over the phone) this year. Here's the best part about the ornaments: A portion of the proceeds from each one goes directly to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which you all know is an amazing organization that raises money and awareness for blood-related cancers. Shelley lost her mother to non-hodgkins lymphoma, her grandmother to lymphoma and her father has been fighting leukemia for years (guess we're not the only family who's been hit unfairly hard with these diseases). What better way to get in the spirit of giving than by making a donation to the Society and getting a very special gift for someone you love. I'm actually going to try to call in my order without putting it on my to-do list first! And if anyone has other great gift ideas—for mothers, fathers, husbands, brothers-in-law, coworkers, friends, 3-year-olds, 85-year-olds, dogs—let me know. I need all the help I can get this year. Happy Holidays, everyone!